Comparing char in a while loop

Question

As long as the input is not x, the loop will continue to ask for the input and it prints out either A or B.

int main (void){

    char input;

    while( input != 'x'){

        printf("Enter Input:");

        scanf("%c", &input);

        if (input == 'a'){

            printf("A \n");
        }

        else{

            printf("B\n");
        }

   }

    return (0);
}

The problem is that everytime after i entered the input, it prints the output and it also prints out "Enter Input:B" in a new line no matter i entered a or b or anything else as input. Can anyone tell me how can i solve this problem, Thanks!

Here is what happened:

Enter Input:a

A

Enter Input:B /after the output it always prints this line, how can i get rid of it??/

Enter Input:a

A

Enter Input:B

Enter Input:b

B

Enter Input:B

Enter Input:b

cnicutar · Answer 1 · 2011-11-28T06:08:12.067

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In order to ignore newlines, the scanf should likely be:

scanf(" %c", &input);
       ^

Also you probably want to flush stdout right after that printf:

printf("Enter Input:");
fflush(stdout);

edited Nov 28 '11 at 06:08

answered Nov 28 '11 at 06:01

cnicutar

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '11 at 06:05

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You need to eat a newline char:

scanf("%c", &input);
  while((ch=getchar())!='\n');

answered Nov 28 '11 at 06:05

KV Prajapati

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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The error is because the newline character is read from input.

You can refer to this one too : Why doesn't getchar() wait for me to press enter after scanf()?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Nov 28 '11 at 06:13

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